National Emission Ceiling Directive

The European Commission has adopted a Proposal for a Directive on national emissions ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants and a Proposal for a Directive relating to ozone in ambient air. The national emissions ceilings Directive will set individual limits for each Member State s total emissions in 2010 of the four pollutants responsible for acidification, eutrophication and ozone formation in the lower atmosphere sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, VOCs and ammonia. The EU Solvents Directive has been formally adopted by the Commission. 

SO2, NOx and PM - based on the National Emission Ceiling Directive (2001/81/EC) and provisions concerning the National Emission Reduction Plan in the LCP Directive. 

Efforts to reduce transboundary air pollution have been undertaken in various multilateral and intragovemmental fora. The most comprehensive of these are the UNECE CLRTAP and two EU policies, the Air Quality Framework Directive and the National Emissions Ceilings Directive. By identifying linkages between these institutions, this chapter will examine how they have developed and impacted each other over the years. In doing so, this chapter will investigate past, present, and potential future trends in interplay between these agreements. 

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NEC Directive Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants... 

Other Directives seem to have played a relevant role in the elaboration of the NAP, although no specific details on how they affected allocation are provided, such as the Directive 2001/81/EC, which sets national emissions ceilings for several atmospheric pollutants (SO2, NOx, VOC and NH3), and the Directive 2003/96/EC on the restructuring of the EC framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity. 

The 1999 Gothenburg Protocol led to the establishment of new European Union legislation, Directive 2001/81/EC on National Emissions Ceilings for Certain Pollutants. The Directive set upper limits for each member state for the total emissions of SO2, NO, , VOCs, and ammonia, four pollutants responsible for acidification, eutrophication, and ground-level ozone pollution. Member states are allowed to determine which measures they will take to comply with the directive, but are required to report annually on their national emission inventories and projects for 2010. ... 

Led to development of EU Directive establishing binding national emissions ceilings for SO, NO, and particulates to be achieved by 2010... 

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